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词条 Abel Briquet
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  1. Biography

  2. Gallery

     Mexican National Railway  Other 

  3. References

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| name = Alfred Briquet
| birth_name = Alfred Saint-Ange Briquet
| birth_date = 30 December 1833
| birth_place = Paris, France
| death_place= Mexico
| death_date = 1926 (aged 92-93)
| occupation = photographer
}}

Alfred Saint-Ange Briquet (30 December 1833, Paris – 1926, Mexico) was a French pioneer of photography, particularly in Mexico.

Biography

Briquet became a photographer in Paris in 1854. He taught photography at École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, the prominent French military academy.[1]

He closed his studio in Paris in 1865, but it not certain when he started work in Mexico, however in 1876, he did receive a commission to record the construction of the Mexican National Railway (Ferrocarril Nacional Mexicano - FNM) line being built between Veracruz and Mexico City.[1] He gained the attention of President Porfirio Díaz and secured a number of commissions. He also published a series of photography books: Vistas Mexicanas, Tipos Mexicanos and Antiquedades Mexicanos.[1] Following the Mexican Revolution of 1910 he no longer received any government contracts.[1]

His photos appeared in several books, and albums among them we can mention "Mexico artístico y pintoresco" edited by Julio Michaud and "Mexico, Its Social Evolution" coordinated by the historian Justo Sierra.

Gallery

Mexican National Railway

Other

References

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1. ^{{cite web|url=http://sombrerobooks.com/?p=2585|website=Sombrero Books|title=Abel Briquet (1833-1926) and an early photograph of Lake Chapala? We stand corrected!|publisher=Sombrero Books|accessdate=7 January 2016}}
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